Michael Taylor was born in Dudley and educated at Dudley Grammar School and the Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts. He has been a songwriter and performer with the popular recording group Herbie's People, a widely published photographer and, since 1990, a successful businessman. He lives in South Staffordshire with his wife and family. Visit Michael's website at www.michaeltaylorauthor.com
EVE'S DAUGHTER (Peacock Publishing Ltd. 1997 and Hodder 1998)
THE LOVE MATCH (Hodder 1999)
LOVE SONGS (Hodder, 2000)
CLOVER (Hodder, 2001)
HEART'S DESIRE (Hodder 2002)
POPPY SILK (Hodder 2003)
POPPY SILK was shortlisted for the 2004 RNA Romantic Novel of the Year.
SALT OF THE EARTH (Hodder 11th October 2004, paperback April 2005)
CLOSE RELATIONS (Hodder, 12th September 2005)
`Michael Taylor proves that men can write romantic novels too'. - Sunday Mercury, Birmingham
`It's about time a man wrote romantic fiction - Michael Taylor does it superbly' - Edwina Currie
UK and Commonwealth rights: Hodder & Stoughton
US and translation rights: Marjacq Scripts
LINDEN WOODS (Severn House, May 2007)
In 1937, with the country preparing for impending war, eighteen-year-old Linden Woods finds employment as a junior secretary at a Black Country steelworks, where she befriends the charismatic and liberated Penny, daughter of wealthy steel magnate Charles Burgayne. While Charles comes to admire Linden's competence, his sons Edward and Hugh admire her vivacious looks and sharp intellect and despite the class differences, vie for her attention, but with vastly different methods. Linden grows to love one brother and despise the other, with devastating consequences. Set in the industrial Black Country, in rural South Staffordshire and in Eire, "Linden Woods" is a compulsive tale of love, desire and heartbreaking treachery about a remarkable group of people and the events that shape their lives.
